George la chapelle



(No Model.)

G. LA CHAPELLE.

BUCKLE: No. 485,104. Patented Oct. 25, 1.892.

Ina e22 071 6a brgeja 672 a aflle m'inm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE LA CIIAPELLE, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO CHARLES E. DEVINE, OF SAME PLACE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,104, dated October25, 1892.

Application filed June 9, 1892 Serial No. 436,159. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE LA CHAPELLE, of Williamsport, county ofLycoming, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new andusefulImprovements in Buckles, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce an improved form of buckle thatis espec- 1o ially adapted for use in suspenders; and it consists,mainly, in improved means of holding the web of the suspender securelywithout cutting or tearing it. and of a secure and siniple means foruniting the buttonholed ends I 5 to the buckle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my bucklein place upon a web. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is afront view of the buckle with the hinged clip raised.

Referring to the figures on the drawings, 1 indicates the frame of abuckle that is preferably made of wire bent in the shape of a rectangle,having on one side a hook 2 and having the extremities of the wire bentto- Ward each other to form the upper part of the rectangle and alsobearings for the hinged clip 3, as illustrated. The hook is of peculiarshape. The end of it is bent toward its shank 0 4a little to one sideand a little beyond it, so that it passes the side of its shank, as willclearly appear from the drawings. 5 indicatesa ring that is adapted tobe fastened to the hook. It will be observed that the form 3 5 of thehook above described forms a twisting or circuitous entrance into it, sothat the ring must be turned at right angles to the frame in order toenter. In other words, in use the buckle or the ring must turn at rightangles to the body of the wearer in order to separate the ring from thehook. It would rarely assume sucha position in use; but if it did itwould be under such a tension as to prevent all tendency of the ring toseparate from the 5 buckle. No ordinary working up or down of the ringin the buckle could separate the parts.

6 indicates a cross-bar, preferably made of metal and firmly united byany suitable 5o 1neans-as, for example, by infolding to the sides of theframe. The hinged clip is preferably made froma sheet of flat steel.Near its upper edge it is bent over at 7 to form a cover for the wireswhich compose the upper side of the frame and to produce, incoinbination with the wires, a firm strong hinge.

8 indicates a longitudinal groove or bend in the metal, by which thewire of the frame is secured in place to form the hinge. The edge of theplate or clip is separated from the main body, so as to be in exactlythe same plane with the cross-bar when the clip is shut down against theframe, as illustrated in Figs.

1 and 2 of the drawings. The remainder of the clip is preferably cutaway, as indicated at 9 and 10, for symmetry and lightness, and

is provided with catches 11, adapted to grasp the lower side of theframe when shut down against it, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. Theobject of these catches is to provide ef- 7o fcctual support for thelower part of the buckle-frame. In practice the strain upon the buckleis upon the lower side of the frame, and the tendency is to pull it outof shape and render it unfit for use. My device is designed tocompletely counteract such tendency.

12 indicates a projecting ear for detaching the catches. The adjacentedges of the clip and the cross-bar are correlatively indented by a wavyor serpentine line, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The edgesof these parts are preferably smooth and even, and are adapted to hold aweb firmly without injnring it in any wise. It is found in practice thatsmooth edges for clamps of this kind allow the web to slip laterally orlongitudinally. For this reason serrated or jagged edges have beengenerally adopted; but they are objectionable because they cut or tearthe fabric and diminish the durability of the article on which they areused.

What I claim is- 1. In a buckle, the combination, with a frame having across-bar, of a movable piece 5 adapted to clamp against the edge of thecross-bar, the adjacent edges of said clamp ing-piece and crossbar beingcorrelatively smoothly indented or of correspondingly-scrpentine form,so as to form when closed a single wavy line of demarcation between thetwo, substantially as set forth.

2. In a buckle, the combination, with a frame having a cross-bar, of amovable piece adapted to clamp against the edge thereof, the adjacentedges of said clamping-piece and cross-bar being correlatively smoothlyindented, and the clamping-piece and cross-bar lying in the same planes,substantially as set forth.

3. In a buckle, the combination, with a frame having a cross bar, of aclip folded around the frame to form a hinge and having its clamping endseparated from its main body, so as to be in the same plane with thecross -bar when the clip is closed, substantially as specified.

4. In a buckle, the combination, with the frame having a cross-bar, of aclip made of a piece of metalbent around the upper part of the frame andhaving a groove or depression in the metal to define the hinge thereof,said groove serving, also, to provide for the separation from the mainbody of the clip, of a clamping edge adapted to come into juxtapositionwith the bar when the clip is closed, as in use, substantially as setforth.

5. In a buckle, the combination, with the frame, of a movable piececarried thereon and provided with catches on its lower end adapted tograsp the lower side to the frame and support it, substantially as andfor the purpose specified. V 'In testimony of all whichI have hereuntosubscribed my name.

GEORGE 1SLA oI-IAPELLE.

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WVitnesses:

HAN H. CARTER, HARRY S. MEYER.

